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With the start of every football season, one of the most aggressive digital filtering mechanisms in Europe also comes back. Backed by court rulings, LaLiga, the employers’ association chaired by Javier Tebas, orders Spanish operators to block in real time hundreds of IP addresses allegedly linked to the illegal broadcasting of matches. The initial aim is to curb piracy, but the real effect is another: the internet does not work with dedicated servers for each website, so when an IP is cut off it drags down with it a whole range of services that have nothing to do with football.…

There’s no doubt about it, it’s been a tough year for the tourism industry – especially in the Middle East, where regional conflict and the knock-on effects have disrupted travel. Despite a record-breaking year for global tourism in 2025, the geopolitical situation has impacted travel to the Middle East and Gulf in 2026, with visitor numbers, air capacity and hospitality bookings all taking a significant hit. While much of the conversation on the sidelines at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) in Dubai centred on this year’s major disruptions, there were also signs of industry recovery. Unveiled this week, the ATM Travel…

Ein teures Symbol der Abhängigkeit: In Texas nimmt Verteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius den ersten F-35-Kampfjet für die Bundeswehr entgegen. Die Tarnkappenflieger sichern die nukleare Teilhabe Deutschlands, offenbaren aber zugleich das Scheitern europäischer Rüstungsprojekte. Rixa Fürsen erklärt, warum Europa diese technologische Lücke derzeit nicht aus eigener Kraft schließen kann. Nach dem tödlichen Angriff auf einen Zugbegleiter im Februar debattiert die Politik über Zugangskontrollen an Bahnhöfen und schärfere Strafen für Angriffe auf Zugpersonal. Cedric Looks beleuchtet die Pläne von Verkehrsminister Steffen Bilger und Justizministerin Stefanie Hubig. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview erklärt die stellvertretende FDP-Bundesvorsitzende Svenja Hahn vor den Wahlen in Berlin und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, wie ihre…

With Canada, the European Union has opened the door to a new way for the European project to affiliate with third countries that aren’t even on its own continent. The rest of the world will be watching closely. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spearheaded the idea of an alliance of middle powers in his seminal speech in Davos earlier this year. A few months later, Canada might provide the blueprint for how the EU integrates third countries. On Wednesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen invited Canada to become “the first associate member of the European Union,” proposing an…

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Published on 18/09/2026 – 7:14 GMT+2 The Bank of Japan has been trying to normalise monetary policy after decades of keeping interest rates near or below zero to try to encourage more borrowing and spending to counter deflation and pull Japan’s economy out of the doldrums. Inflationary pressures are rising because of the war in Iran, which has sent oil prices soaring in recent months. That is a big negative for resource-poor Japan, which virtually imports all its oil. The rate increase, coming at the end of the two-day monetary policy board meeting, was expected, widely figured into recent global…

Every new football season also brings back one of the most aggressive digital filtering mechanisms in Europe. Backed by court rulings, LaLiga, the league body headed by Javier Tebas, orders Spanish operators to block in real time hundreds of IP addresses supposedly linked to the illegal broadcasting of matches. The original aim is to curb piracy, but the real effect is another: the internet does not work with dedicated servers for each website, so when an IP is cut off, a whole series of services that have nothing to do with football are dragged down with it. In other words,…

While a suspension would be in line with EU rules on the shipment of waste, it would also jeopardize the bloc’s most important market for trash. Last year, Turkey received a third of the EU’s exported plastic waste. The Commission assessment, dated Sept. 1 and obtained by POLITICO, reported a long list of concerns over Turkey’s treatment of EU waste, including the fact that only around 10% of plastic waste is recycled in the country, while the majority goes to landfills, is mismanaged or leaks into the environment. The Commission official said the report pointed to “several instances” of plastic…

Civil defence teams are still searching the rubble for survivors, while rescuers use heavy machinery to clear the debris. The bodies of children and other victims have been recovered, but dozens of people remain missing. The building, in the Tal al-Hawa area of western Gaza City, was damaged in strikes early in the war and was already cracked when displaced families moved in. Civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said crews received a report of the collapse at around 2:15 to 3 am local time and immediately began rescuing people trapped inside. He said residents were aware of the danger but…

They are pressuring Ireland, in its position at the helm of the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, which is steering the talks, to cut hundreds of billions of euros in their next negotiating document due in October. Officials involved in the negotiations who spoke to POLITICO and were granted anonymity because the discussions are confidential see more moderate cuts as the most likely outcome. Debt time bomb The EU’s seven-year budget, the multiannual financial framework, which governs EU spending from farmers’ subsidies to student exchange programs, is the subject of some of the fiercest negotiations in…